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The Great Debaters
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The Great Debaters
Denzel Washington directed and stars in this inspiring and uplifting true story, which chronicles the rise of a debate team at a small all-black college in Texas that went on to challenge Harvard in the 1930s.
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Melvin B. Tolson
Henry Lowe
James Farmer Jr.
Hamilton Burgess
Dr. James Farmer Sr.
Ruth Tolson
Sheriff Dozier
Pearl Farmer
Helen Farmer
Nathaniel Farmer
Deputy
Pig Owner
Pig Farmer
Dunbar Reed
Harland Osbourne
Harvard Debater No. 1
Harvard Debater No. 2
Harvard Dean
Wilson
Paul Quinn Debate Judge
Dr. Jennings
Benita
Trudell
Samuel
Clementine
Captain Wainwright
Lila
Security Guard
Radio Announcer at Harvard Debate
White Man at Lynching
Howard Debater #1
Samantha Booke
Oklahoma City College Debater #1
William Taylor
Joseph
White Sharecropper #1
White Sharecropper #2
Howard Debater #1
Juke Joint Musician #4
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